“City” Songs, Vol. 2

Part 2 of a 4-parter, this is the final set of "City" songs. Next up, we depart for the "Country." Which may require a bit of explanation. But that can wait till tomorrow. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Lovin’ Spoonful  ~  “Summer In The City”

2)  Cee Lo Green  ~  “Bright Lights, Bigger City”

3)  U2  ~  “City Of Blinding Lights”

4)  Tori Kelly  ~  “City Dove”

5)  Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band  ~  “New York City Serenade”

6)  Jan & Dean  ~  “Surf City”

7)   Marvin Gaye  ~  “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)”

8)  Love & The Outcome  ~  “City Of God”

9)  Journey  ~  “City Of The Angels”

10)  Steve Earle  ~  “This City”

11)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Summer In The City”

12)  The Band  ~  “Atlantic City”

13)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “Rock Star City Life”

14)  The Stampeders  ~  “Sweet City Woman”

15)  The Chainsmokers ft. Brittany  ~  “New York City”

16)  David Bowie  ~  “Suffragette City”

17)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Big City”

18)  Sara Bareilles  ~  “City”

19)  Foghat  ~  “Fool For The City”

20)  Queensryche  ~  “Jet City Woman”

21)  The Cars  ~  “Heartbeat City”

22)  The Manhattan Transfer  ~  “The Boy From New York City”

23)  April Wine  ~  “Big City Girls”

24)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “Fist City”

25)  TobyMac  ~  “City On Our Knees”

“Drive” Songs, Vol. 2

One last time behind the wheel and we leave this series in our dust. Okay, enough with the lame riding and driving analogies. Just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Doors  ~  “Moonlight Drive”

2)  Alan Jackson  ~  “Drive (For Daddy Gene)”

3)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “You Can Sleep While I Drive”

4)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “Drive”

5)  The Cars  ~  “Drive”

6)  Joan Jett and the Blackhearts  ~  “You Drive Me Wild”

7)   Lee Brice  ~  “I Drive Your Truck”

8)  Ed Kowalczyk  ~  “Drive”

9)  Suzi Quatro  ~  “Back To The Drive”

10)  Sing Street Cast  ~  “Drive It Like You Stole It”

11)  Travis Tritt  ~  “Put Some Drive In Your Country”

12)  La Sera  ~  “Real Boy / Drive On”

13)  Four Year Strong  ~  “Just Drive”

14)  Bachman Turner Overdrive  ~  “Four Wheel Drive”

15)  Chely Wright  ~  “Shut Up And Drive”

16)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Drive All Night”

17)  Deftones  ~  “Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away)”

18)  Warpaint  ~  “Drive”

19)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  “The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive”

20)  Sawyer Brown  ~  “Drive Me Wild”

21)  Alpines  ~  “Drive”

22)  Parachute  ~  “Drive You Home”

23)  Lera Lynn  ~  “Drive”

24)  Yanni  ~  “Drive”

25)  Britney Spears  ~  “(You Drive Me) Crazy”

"Double" Songs

I know I'm precariously balancing two different miniseries right now (this "Single," "Double," "Triple one and the "It's About Time!" series), but what can I say? My attention is divided most of the time anyway. Here's a bunch of songs with the word "Double" in their titles. You probably even know a few of these. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Frankie Smith  ~  "Double Dutch Bus"

2)  Sammy Kershaw  ~  "Queen Of My Double Wide Trailer"

3)  Emika  ~  "Double Edge"

4)  The Cars  ~  "Double Life"

5)  Foreigner  ~  "Double Vision"

6)  Casey Donahew Band  ~  "Double Wide Dream"

7)  Sirah  ~  "Double Yellow Lines"

8)  Valient Thorr  ~  "Double Crossed"

9)  We Fell To Earth  ~  "The Double"

10)  Malcolm McLaren  ~  "Double Dutch"

11)  Rough Cutt  ~  "Double Trouble"

12)  Imogen Heap  ~  "Bad Body Double"

13)  Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood  ~  "Double Trouble"

14)  Minus The Bear  ~  "Double Vision Quest"

15)  The Cockroaches  ~  "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)"

16)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  "Double Trouble"

17)  Conor Oberst  ~  "Double Life"

18)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Double Trouble"

19)  Rush  ~  "Double Agent"

20)  Richard O'Brien  ~  "Science Fiction/Double Feature"

Popular Songs Of 1984

And now we reach the music of my generation. This is hardly a comprehensive list*, but I think it's a very good collection of popular songs, all of which were released in 1984. Hard to believe some of these songs are 30 years old. It seems like only yesterday! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson  ~  "Say Say Say"

2)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  "Time After Time"

3)  Lionel Richie  ~  "Hello"

4)  Deniece Williams  ~  "Let's Hear It For The Boy"

5)  Ray Parker, Jr.  ~  "Ghostbusters"

6)  Pointer Sisters  ~  "Jump (For My Love)"

7)  Culture Club  ~  "Karma Chameleon"

8)  Nena  ~  "99 Luftballons"

9)  John Waite  ~  "Missing You"

10)  Eurythmics  ~  "Here Comes The Rain Again"

11)  The Romantics  ~  "Talking In Your Sleep"

12)  Bananarama  ~  "Cruel Summer"

13)  Thompson Twins  ~  "Hold Me Now"

14)  Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton  ~  "Islands In The Stream"

15)  Rockwell  ~  "Somebody's Watching Me"

16)  Pat Benatar  ~  "We Belong"

17)  The Cars  ~  "You Might Think"

18)  Mike Reno & Ann Wilson  ~  "Almost Paradise"

19)  Billy Joel  ~  "Uptown Girl"

20)  Night Ranger  ~  "Sister Christian"

21)  Corey Hart  ~  "Sunglasses At Night"

22)  Genesis  ~  "That's All"

23)  Chicago  ~  "Hard Habit To Break"

24)   Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson  ~  "To All The Girls I've Loved Before"

25)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Thriller"

*Apologies to Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It?", Phil Collins' "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)", Van Halen's "Jump", and Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called To Say I Love You", all of which were hit songs released in 1984 that I've posted on this blog recently. Some of the songs I did include ARE repeats, but were previously posted much longer ago than the ones mentioned above.